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Therefore, all currency pairs involving it should use it as their base, listed first. Although there is no standards-setting body or ruling organization, the established priority ranking of the major currencies is:. Historically, this was established by a ranking according to the relative values of the currencies with respect to each other [5] , but the introduction of the euro and other market factors have broken the original price rankings.

Mexican peso has higher priority than Japanese yen. Other currencies the Minors are generally quoted against USD. Quotes against currencies other than USD are referred to as currency crosses, or simply crosses. Sometimes the term base currency may also refer to the functional currency of a bank or company; usually their domestic currency. For example, a British bank may use GBP as a base currency for accounting, because all profits and losses are converted to sterling. The most traded pairs of currencies in the world are called the Majors.

In everyday foreign exchange market trading and news reporting, the currency pairs are often referred to by nicknames rather than their symbolic nomenclature. These are often reminiscent of national or geographic connotations. GBP is also referred to by traders as quid.

The following nicknames are common: Nicknames vary between the trading centers in New York, London, and Tokyo. Currencies are traded in fixed contract sizes, specifically called lot sizes, or multiples thereof.

The standard lot size is , units. Many retail trading firms also offer 10,unit mini lot trading accounts and a few even 1,unit micro lot. The officially quoted rate is a spot price. In a trading market however, currencies are offered for sale at an offering price the ask price , and traders looking to buy a position seek to do so at their bid price , which is always lower or equal to the asking price.

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